London Marathon 2024: Record number of runners take part in gruelling 26.2-mile race
Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir ran the fastest time in a women’s only race at the London Marathon on a day where a record number of people were set to take part.
Organisers hailed Sunday’s event as the “most inclusive yet” as 50,000 finished the 26.2 miles through the capital.
Olympic champion Jepchirchir finished in 2 hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds . It was not the fastest a woman has ever run the distance as Tigst Assefa, beaten on Sunday, ran
